Eighty-fourth Indiana Infantry.  Cols., Nelson Trusler, Andrew J.
Neff, Martin B. Miller; Lieut. -Cols., Samuel Orr, Andrew J. Neff, William A. Boyd, John
C. Taylor, Martin B. Miller, George N. Carter; Majs., Andrew J. Neff, William A. Boyd,
William Burres, John C. Taylor, Martin B. Miller, George N. Carter, Robert M. Grubbs. This
regiment was organized at Richmond and was mustered in Sept. 3, 1862. It left the state on
the 8th for Covington, Ky., where it was assigned to the defenses against the threatened
invasion of Kirby Smith's forces. On Oct. 1 it moved by rail for Point Pleasant, W. Va.,
and moved from there on the 13th for Guyandotte, where it remained until Nov. 14. It was
then in the vicinity of Cassville and Catlettsburg, Ky., until Feb. 7, 1863, when it left
Catlettsburg for Louisville, which place was reached on the 17th, and the regiment was
assigned to the 2nd brigade, 3d division, Army of Kentucky. It was first ordered to
Nashville, then to Franklin, where it remained until June 3, being engaged in several
skirmishes. It marched for Triune and was assigned to the 1st brigade, 1st division,
reserve corps, Gen. Granger commanding. It was in the fight at Triune and pursuit of
Bragg, the regiment marching to Middleton, Shelby villa and Wartrace, remaining there
until Aug. 12. It moved to Estill springs on the 20th, thence to Tullahoma, Stevenson,
Bridgeport and Chattanooga, arriving at the latter place Sept. 13. It participated in the
battle of Chickamauga, where its division held the extreme left, on the first day,
repeatedly repulsing desperate assaults, and on the next day materially aided Gen. Thomas
in saving his army from the massed assault of the enemy, losing in the two days 125 in
killed, wounded and missing. The regiment moved to Lookout mountain, thence to Moccasin
point, and on Nov. 1, to Shell Mound, where it remained until Jan. 26, 1864. It was then
assigned to the 2nd brigade, 1st division, 4th army corps, and moved towards Georgia via
Cleveland, being engaged at Buzzard Roost. It returned to Cleveland and remained there
until May 3, when it moved with the army for Atlanta. It was engaged at Tunnel Hill, Rocky
Face ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Pumpkin Vine creek, Pine mountain, Kennesaw
mountain, Kolb's farm and Peachtree creek. It participated in the operations about Atlanta
and in the battles of Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station, afterward being transferred to the
2nd brigade, 3d division, and left Atlanta on Oct. 3, for Chattanooga, moving thence to
Athens, Ala., and thence to Pulaski, Tenn., Columbia and Franklin, being present at the
battle at the latter place on Nov. 30. It moved to Nashville, and in the battle there
participated in a charge on the enemy's skirmish line, and later in a charge upon the main
works of the enemy, carrying his position and driving him from the field. It moved in
pursuit as far as Huntsville, Ala., and remained there until March 13, when it was ordered
to eastern Tennessee, operating about Knoxville, Strawberry plains and Bull's gap, until
it moved to Nashville on Apr. 18. It was mustered out June 14, 1865, when the recruits
were transferred to the 57th Ind. with which they served until its muster-out in November.
The original strength of the regiment was 949; gain by recruits, 78; total, 1,027. Loss by
death, 207; desertion, 53; unaccounted for, 9.

Footnotes:Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3